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Word entry · 12 letters

commensurate

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"In proper proportion"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aceemmnorstuStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Corresponding in size, degree or extent.

Word origin

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • commensurate punishments
  • The rewards will be commensurate with the efforts made.
  • The $100 settlement was hardly commensurate with the humiliation his client had experienced.

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